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It is not clear whether they are a satirical spoof but the videos are clearly a response to a spate of recent accidents where people waiting on motorbikes at red lights have been killed and injured. The most horrific accident of them all happened in southern Long An Province early this month, killing four and injuring many others when a truck driver high on alcohol and heroin plowed into dozens of motorbikes waiting at a traffic light. Last October, a Saigon woman driving under the influence killed one person and injured five. The woman was speeding on Dien Bien Phu Street and approaching the Saigon Bridge as she lost control and crashed her BMW into five motorbikes waiting at the Hang Xanh intersection traffic light. These and other similar incidents have led to anger and fear that commuters are not safe when stopping at traffic lights. The incidents have prompted a few youngsters to offer "solutions" on how to safely wait at a red light. They have posted several videos on Facebook … [Read more...] about A red light traffic safety maneuver goes viral

Back to English Comments Travel & Life - December 2, 2018 | 08:40 am GMT+7 Ly Quoc Su street which connects an iconic cathedral with Hang Bong Street offers many variations of a Hanoi dining theme. "How about going to the Cathedral area?" This is my stock response when asked to suggest a "very Hanoian dining place." I might well be wrong, but the options around the iconic St. Joseph's Cathedral in Hanoi, on main streets and alleys off them are my automatic choice for some authentic Vietnamese food that have never failed me, so far. This is true despite how touristy the area has become in the last few years, which is not a bad thing. Just makes my special places "hidden treasures". Amidst all the visitors taking endless selfies in front of the cathedral which is considered one of the city's iconic landscapes, the Hanoian in me thrills to the sight of "Hanoi" written in green on a second floor balcony on the street. That is Hanoi to me. As a millennial, I am happy to … [Read more...] about A culinary experience turns soulful on a Hanoi downtown street – VnExpress International

In 1954, when the French withdrew from Hanoi and peace reigned once more in our capital, I was only 8 years old. Where I am from, students could only study up to 3rd grade. Our teacher, originally from the south, was a child of the Mekong Delta. He often told us stories about his hometown, about how it needed no dam to tame the Mekong River unlike our Red River since the Mekong people had learned to live with the behemoth. Every few months, when the water rose, people would get into their boats and go wherever the river flowed. The life-giving floods would provide their land with silt and fish, so the people could plant their crops without using fertilizers or go fishing with little effort. Life was good in the delta back then. But we never understood that as children since we never saw anything like that where we lived. As I grew up I learned about "Dat rung phuong Nam" (The southern land) by Doan Gioi, a fictional novel about the adventures of a little boy named An, who lost his … [Read more...] about Mekong Delta’s splendors now a relic of the past

As images of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un strolling by revellers at a rooftop bar the night before an unprecedented meeting with President Donald Trump circulated around social media sites, U.S. citizens started asking 'Where is Singapore?'. 'Singapore', the tiny Southeast Asian city-state that played host to nuclear talks earlier this week, was the most searched term on internet search engine Google in the United States on Monday with over 2 million hits. Related searches during those 24 hours included 'Where is Singapore', 'Singapore summit' and 'time in Singapore'. Blanket media coverage on Monday included Kim's surprise tour of the iconic Marina Bay Sands hotel and its surrounding gardens, and the first hours of the meeting with Trump in the resort island of Sentosa. Singapore said it spent S$20 million ($15 million) on the summit, a figure that drew the ire of some citizens. However, marketing experts say the coverage generated from the event could be worth more than 10 times … [Read more...] about ‘Where is Singapore?’: Trump-Kim summit a PR coup for tiny city-state

Foreign investors in motorcycle manufacturers witnessed only a marginal increase in unit sales during the year’s first quarter and with Yamaha Motor Vietnam’s reports of unit sales decreasing, concerns are circulating that this market is reaching its saturation point. With half the population in possession of a unit, the Vietnamese motorcycle market has reached a point of saturation, Photo: Le Toan The total number of motorcycles sold in this year’s first quarter – from the likes of Honda Vietnam, Piaggio Vietnam, Suzuki Vietnam, SYM Vietnam, and Yamaha Motor Vietnam – is 803,204 units, a mere 1.9 per cent increase on-year according to the Vietnam Association of Motorcycle anufacturers (VAMM). Each month the five firms sold nearly 270,000 motorbikes on average, which means that approximately 9,000 motorbikes were sold each day nationwide. There are no details on the individual company sales, but in recent years, Honda Vietnam has been dominating … [Read more...] about Motorbike sales hit a red light